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Description: | This is the complete bowl from a copper-alloy frying pan/Skillet, unfortunately the handle is missing. The bowl has an overall oval shape with a slightly elongated and pointed forward edge that would have acted as a poring spout. The steep walls of the bowl are 25mm high and angled up at about and 80 degree angle, although this angle varies slightly around the circumference of the item. The forward 'poring lip' is bent to about a 50 degree angle and is slightly elongated (32mm) to ensure that the rim is the same height around the whole bowl. There is a second pointed 'spout like' fold in the wall to the left of the handle mount, this has been achieved by two opposing dents. Although this second spot is certainly a latter addition, the fold of each dent has cracked the dark green patina making it likely that his was damage rather than an intentional spout.The mount for the handle is a rectangular plate with a semi-circular projection on either side that are angled up at a right angle form the plate (the right side is repaired, see below), these are pierced to mount an iron spindle which would have held the handle. Both holes are heavily encrusted with iron corrosion which is all that remains of the spindle. A third rectangular projection with rounded corners is situated at the top of the plate and would have acted as a backstop for the unfolded handle.The bowl has been extensively patched with three major areas of repair. The first is to the right of the forward spout where a crack has formed on the bend between the base and the wall, here a rectangular sheet copper allow plate has been riveted into the inside of the pan via a copper alloy rivet in each corner. The second repair is on the right side of the rim were a crack is visible running straight down for 8mm from the top of the rim, this area was covered with an iron plate that was folded over the rim, on attachment (ie rivets) is visible. The third repair is on the right pierced mount for the handle spindle. This whole panel is encased by a folded copper alloy sheet that has the iron spindle passing through the centre, protruding from underneath the repair is a large crack. A second crack is also present on the opposite side of the handle mount, where the mount is attached to the bowl.A series of lines running around the outside of the rim suggesting that the pan could have been formed by spinning before being hammered into its current shape.A similar pan was excavated in Caerleon and dated to the 3rd century http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/wXNEiT1eTnGS7Bhdro7LIg (Accessed 15.06.16) this has a more elongated oval pan and is made of iron but it still bears striking similarities with this example. Plus an iron example with the pouring lip can be seen in Manning, 1985, Catalogue of the Romano-British iron tools, fittings and weapons in the British Museum, plate 50, p32,The following has been taken from record ESS-1D3342Ralph Jackson of the British Museum kindly explained that such pans with folding handles are found made in both copper alloy and iron and the bowls can be circular, oval or more rectangular in shape, sometimes with a pouring lip. They are a typically British find and are often found in large Late Roman hoards of mixed metalwork.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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